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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000072903-24-000092"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: null
cik: "0001123852"
company_name: "NORTHERN STATES POWER CO"
filed_at: "2024-04-25T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-03T07:28:10.900618+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.7
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Xcel Energy Q1 EPS rises to $0.88 from $0.76; reaffirms FY2024 guidance

## Summary
- Q1 GAAP/ongoing EPS $0.88 vs $0.76 YoY; net earnings $488M vs $418M.
- Reaffirms 2024 EPS guidance range of $3.50-$3.60 per share.
- Results driven by higher infrastructure recovery and lower O&M, partly offset by higher interest and depreciation.
- CEO mentions Texas Panhandle wildfires; advancing shutoffs, fast-trip settings, and pole replacement as mitigation.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000072903-24-000092
- form_type: 8-K
- cik: 0001123852
- company_name: NORTHERN STATES POWER CO
- filed_at: 2024-04-25T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.7
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1123852/000007290324000092/0000072903-24-000092-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/72903/000007290324000092/xel-20240425.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000072903-24-000092
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000072903-24-000092.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000072903-24-000092.txt

## Key facts
- Earnings Releases
  NORTHERN STATES POWER CO reported first quarter of 2024 results: EPS $0.88. Guidance reaffirmed.
  - Period: first quarter of 2024
  - EPS: $0.88
  - Guidance: reaffirmed
  - Result: reported results
  source text: Xcel Energy released earnings results for the first quarter of 2024.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1123852/000007290324000092/0000072903-24-000092-index.htm

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